# So What's for Dinner Tonight? (2020 Anything Goes Edition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 15, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037 "2020-10-15T20:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/81 "2020-10-23T03:29:32Z")
Butterflied leg of lamb on the grill, with sauted kale, onions and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/82 "2020-10-23T03:43:45Z")
I made a white pizza tonight with homemade Alfredo sauce, diced chicken, some Buffalo mozzarella, chopped artichoke hearts (in water, not oil) and sliced black olives. It was great. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/83 "2020-10-23T19:47:59Z")
No freaking idea, which probably translates to some sort of pasta. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/84 "2020-10-23T20:07:11Z")
Yep, this is “clean up the leftovers” night, which sometimes becomes “pizza night”. 🍨 🍷 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/85 "2020-10-23T20:19:43Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > … 🍨 🍷 > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > … 🍨 🍷 I’m detecting a pattern here. 😉 I’m maybe walking over for Indian food. A little late to defrost steaks. The fridge + freezer is bursting with food; sadly I’m not bursting with ambition to cook any of it. Decisions, decisions. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/86 "2020-10-23T20:22:07Z")
It’s a nice pattern. I’ll have to break it sometime, but not tonight! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/87 "2020-10-23T23:44:28Z")
Well my predictions just above came to naught. Decided I mostly wanted a large salad; feeling green deprived. So we went down to the beach area to a local American casual kinda place and sat outside in the breeze. I had a mongo salad w bacon, HB egg, and a blackened tilapia fillet. Wife had a BBQ spare ribs appetizer. After dinner took a walk along the shore then back home. Time now for, yes, 🍷 for us & 🍨 for her. Cheers! bon apetit everyone! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/88 "2020-10-23T23:53:06Z")
Looks like I’ll be having chickpea-butternut squash curry, with some cheesecake for dessert. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/89 "2020-10-24T00:45:21Z")
I thought I was going to grill rib-eyes on the barbie. Right after I got off work, Mrs. L.A. said, ‘So are we going out to dinner, or what?’ So we went to the Mexican place as usual. This time we both had camarones a la diabla. And margaritas. We’ll have more of the shrimp with steaks mañana. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/90 "2020-10-24T17:21:09Z")
If the sausage thaws in time, a mutant stir-fry. If not, pizza and I’ll do the stir-fry tomorrow. Thin-sliced summer sausage, sliced mushrooms, thin sliced yellow and red bell peppers and a sauce to be determined later. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/91 "2020-10-24T17:43:56Z")
Still pondering what’s for dinner. I’m thinking about brunch sometime this weekend, though - probably a Blueberry Dutch baby. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/92 "2020-10-24T17:47:01Z")
Cheese fondue with reisling, Gruyere and 4 y.o. cheddar. Garden cherry tomatoes, and SF style sourdough for dipping. A big, bitey red for dessert with Dark chocolate brownies covered in warm salted caramel. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/93 "2020-10-24T22:16:14Z")
Tuna steaks, mango salsa, rice, asparagus, avocado, Sriracha mayo, Wasabi. 🍨 🍷 ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/94 "2020-10-24T22:31:22Z")
I didn’t wind up making the [Middle Eastern lentil soup](https://old.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/j20f3z/lentil_soup_is_so_popular_in_the_middle_east_that/) I posted last week but it’s on the stove now. The house already smells amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/95 "2020-10-24T22:31:34Z")
Roast pork with sauerkraut, onions, celery, chayote, carrots, and diced tomatoes. We had a cold front come through(never even got to 70)so that called for a roasting pan in the oven all day! Of course, that means tomorrow we’ll be having leftovers for Sunday dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/96 "2020-10-24T22:53:06Z")
Roast sausage, squash, potatoes with cheese and garlic biscuits. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/97 "2020-10-24T23:35:57Z")
Grilled NY strips, sauteed onions, and crusty baked potatoes. Tonight at least, veggies seemed like a distraction. A nice Cab 🍷 is still going down well a couple hours later. 🍨 for her is next; I’m eyeballing some dark chocolate and nuts or perhaps a small cheese board. > [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I didn’t wind up making the [Middle Eastern lentil soup](https://old.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/j20f3z/lentil_soup_is_so_popular_in_the_middle_east_that/) I posted last week but it’s on the stove now. The house already smells amazing. Do NOT leave us in suspense. We want to know all about it when it’s ready! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/98 "2020-10-25T03:06:18Z")
Have all the fixings for beef stew… made chicken flautas instead. I baked a good chunk of the day, dirtied a bunch of bowls and utensils, didn’t feel like adding more. Now that everything is cleaned up and put away, hopefully I’ll be in the mood to make stew tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/99 "2020-10-25T03:49:57Z")
I ended up making red lentil rotini (Barilla, not bad, didn’t taste like lentils) with sauce made from sun-dried tomato pesto and Russian eggplant-tomato spread from a jar and extra garlic. It was pretty good. I have some leftover frozen cheesecake if I need dessert later. Or an orange. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037/100 "2020-10-25T05:05:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > We want to know all about it when it’s ready! 🙂 Very nice, smooth & creamy but not heavy at all! We’ll see if I survive eating the better part of a pot of the stuff. Local Geiger counters be forewarned. I need to get an immersion blender, it would make this sort of recipe so much easier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037.md?page=6)